Mississippi State's best baseball season ends with a loss at College World Series

9:44 AM,
Jun. 26, 2013

Mississippi State players Nick Ammirati (17), Mitch Slauter (29) and Sam Frost react Tuesday night after losing to the University of California, Los Angeles, 8-0, in the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. UCLA won the best-of-three-game series, 2-0.

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MICHAEL BONNER
The Clarion-Ledger

OMAHA, Neb. - Adam Frazier walked back to the dugout, his bat flailing in his hand behind him. He saw four pitches, swung at three and missed the final one. He returned to the bat rack after his first strikeout of the NCAA Tournament at his own pace after leaving two runners on.

Behind him Alex Detz dug into the batter's box. In front of him Hunter Renfroe stood in the on-deck circle. Without emotion he walked down the steps and placed his bat in the rack.

He offered no answers and neither did his Mississippi State teammates. ...